Vaclav Fomič NIŽINSKIJ

Programme for the Ballets Russes, for the Paris season in May-June 1912 at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Hungarian tour of March 1912. It includes the argument of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, the programme for Saturday 8 June 1912 with cast list and the argument of Daphnis et Chloé, Sheherazade, The Rite of Spring, The Firebird (L’Oiseu [sic] de feu), followed by a page with the argument and cast list for Carnaval and Narcissus, and two pages in Hungarian announcing the programme of the March 1912 tour at the Royal Hungarian Opera.

Handwritten manuscript from the choreographer Maurice Béjart. Three leaves, 60 lines written in black ink.
Maurice Béjart’s handwritten preparatory notes for the show in tribute to dancer Nijinsky, entitled, Nijinsky: Clown de Dieu. Here Béjart lists Nijinsky’s diary extracts that were intended to be read during the performance, indicating their place in the ballet.
In 1971, Maurice Béjart created the “Clown de Dieu,” a ballet dedicated to Vaslav Nijinsky, a famous Russian dancer and choreographer of Polish origin. The work retraces a young man’s slow descent into hell, in search of spirituality, love and truth; it also makes reference to Nijinsky’s most...